CPT^® 92979, Under Therapeutic Services and Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 92979 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Therapeutic Services and Procedures.

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Summary

In this add–on procedure, the provider advances a catheter into an additional coronary vessel or previously placed graft after the first using ultrasound or optical coherence tomography to view the extent of the blockage, placement of a stent, or other procedure on the heart before or after therapeutic intervention. He then interprets the images and reports the findings. Use this code to report the imaging of the initial vessel.

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The first procedure was billed with 93458.26.59, 92928.RC (3-stents placed in RC), 92978.26.RC, Medicare paid all three CPT. The patient returned to her room and then went into cardiac arrest and emer... [ Read More ]

Denial 93458, 92978, and 92979.

I have never used the XU modifier. I would code these 92928 RC 93458 26 59 92978 26 LM 92979 26 LD... [ Read More ]

Denial 93458, 92978, and 92979.

Hello, I first billed out 92928 RC, 93458 26 XU,92978 XU LM, and 92978 LD. Got the denial for 92978 and 92978. I changed one of 92978 to 92979 and removed the XU then added modifier 26. Now, the... [ Read More ]

IVUS of coronary artery branch?

[QUOTE="Jim Pawloski, post: 495065, member: 67434"] The codes are per vascular territory, so the branch of the LD is part of 92979. THT, Jim Pawloski, CIRCC [/QUOTE] Hi Jim, I was wondering your inpu... [ Read More ]

IVUS of coronary artery branch?

The codes are per vascular territory, so the branch of the LD is part of 92979. THT, Jim Pawloski, CIRCC... [ Read More ]

IVUS of coronary artery branch?

An IVUS was done on the left main (LM), LAD, and diagonal branch (D1). I would bill 92978-26 for the LM, 92979-26 for the LAD. My question is can I bill 92979-26-59 for the D1? Not sure if branches of... [ Read More ]

Denail 92978

Hello based on the codes you provided, here are the codes. 92978 requires modifier 26 93458-26 92978-26 LM IVUS/OCT initial vessel 92979- 26 LD IVUS/OCT additional vessel Hope this helps! ... [ Read More ]

Left Heart Cath with ultrasonic guidance

Look at 92978 and 92979... [ Read More ]

Cardiac Cath - Rev code 480 and 481

Is it appropriate to bill Cardiac Catheterization Lab CPT Codes with a revenue code 480? Or, are these CPT codes only supposed to be billed with revenue code 481? The CPT codes in question would be: C... [ Read More ]

Medicare Plus Blue denying 92978

[b]Try this...[/b] 92978.26 (1st artery) 92979.26 (each additional artery) No '59', no anatomical modifiers... [ Read More ]

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